Limited role for bronchoalveolar lavage to exclude Covid-19 after negative upper respiratory tract swabs: a multicenter study
Geri, Pietro
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Salton, Francesco
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Zuccatosta, Lina
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2020
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EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Abstract
Given the strong agreement between negative upper respiratory swabs and BAL, we suggest that BAL has a limited role in the diagnosis of Covid-19 if thoracic imaging and upper respiratory swabs are concordantly negative.
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